Debate, where president biden appeared lethargic up against donald trump. His performance sparked concern among democrats about his age and mental fitness. The 81 year old president has responded to the growing scrutiny by hitting the campaign trail. He also sat down for an exclusive interview with abc news anchor, george stephanopoulos, rejecting any notion that he is considering withdrawing his candidacy. The bbc s peter bowes has more. On a mission to prove himself, that he can still do the job of president and win the election. Joe biden is in damage control mode after that disastrous debate performance against donald trump. Here he is at a rally in wisconsin. Again, answering the question everyone is asking. Is he going to drop out? what s he going to do? well, here s my answer i am running and going to win again. Cheering. A rousing reception here, but the unease amongst fellow democrats in washington is palpable. Five members of the house of representatives have called on mr b
Us quiz show? after the departure of the executive producer, over allegations of past offensive comments. And 007 is back the final trailerfor the much delayed james bond film no time to die is on release ahead of the world premiere. President biden has delivered a strident defence of the us evacuation mission from afghanistan labelling it an extraordinary success. The president struck a defiant tone, in his televised address from the white house, the day after america s 20 year presence in the country came to an end. He described the operation to fly more than 120 thousand people out of kabul in recent weeks as one of the biggest airlifts in history. And said the decision to leave now was on the unanimous recommendation of all his advisers. We succeeded in what we set out to do in afghanistan over a decade ago and we stayed for another decade. It was time to end this war. This is a new world. The terror threat has metastasised across the world. We were left with the world.
For survivors in the rubble. A minute s silence has been held to remember the victims of last week s mass shooting in plymouth. Five people died in the attack in the keyham area on thursday. The home secretary has called on police forces in england and wales to review the way they consider applications for firearms licences. 0ur correspondent jon kay reports. They gathered in parks and playgrounds across plymouth. It s been really hard. I think we re still all in shock from what s happened, aren t we? at the city s guild hall, some of those who responded to the shootingsjoined community leaders to remember 3 year old sophie martyn and herfather, lee, shot at random as they walked home. Maxine davison, the first victim, who was the mother of the gunman. Stephen washington, who was walking his dogs when he was killed, and 66 year old kate shepherd, who died from her injuries in hospital. The bell rang for each of them. Bell tolls. Applause. I grew up in keyham, went to school there. Lean
Been a big hearted nation, you ve got a home secretary and foreign secretary who know what that means from our own personal history. New zealand announces a snap lockdown after the country detected its first case of locally transmitted covid 19 since february. Haiti suffers further. After the death toll in saturday s earthquake passes 1,400, a tropical storm makes landfall on the island. And bob dylan is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 years old. He denies the allegations. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The taliban has urged government officials in afghanistan to return to work. It has offered them a general amnesty and, in a statement, said it wanted people to start routine life with full confidence. At kabul s airport, military flights have resumed after yesterday s chaotic scenes, when hundreds of afghans tried to board aircraft. Those scenes at the airport have been highlighted by newly released sate
Sundae. This ice cream social for elected adults, it was one particular senator s dream comed true. Double mint ice cream. All right. A little hard to hear but let s freeze it here. This is perhaps the most joe biden thing i ve ever seen. Delaware senator joe biden at an event on the hill, gently ribbing his senate colleague before absolutely going to town on an ice cream cone. E he s been a senator, a vice president and now a president himself. There is been a lot of change in his political career over the years, but the one constant is b that joe biden really, really loves ice cream. B he talks about it literally all the time. He visited the headquarters of an ice cream company when he was vice president. Em, i eat more ice cream than three other people you would like to be with all at once. I have no idea what that actually means, but i like to think of it as joe biden s, i don t know, his default mode. No matter what s going on. If as he senator, a sitting president, no matter what